What Generation do you belong to? - Page 2

pantophobia · 04.20.2008, 12:51 PM

the term Gen Y i find so annoying, especially the first time i saw it being used to describe my age group, and i am in the same boat in saying i feel more culturally connected to Gen X then Y, and more connected to people older then me then my own age

I remember those old green screen computers, some IBM model was the first i remember using, the Myspace Generation (Patent Pending) has no idea how sparse it used to be

Lurker · 04.20.2008, 12:58 PM

Yeah, myspace generating will definitely be one.

screamingskull · 04.20.2008, 12:59 PM

i still don't have a myspace or a facebook, or a livejournal, and i don't intend on getting one!

Lurker · 04.20.2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Ha ha. Computers. The other day a 20-something college student asked if I'd ever taken the computerized verson of the GREs. I couldn't help but laugh and tell her that in my day when I took the GRE a computer was as big as a living room.

If your generation is better with computers than any previous generation, it's because you're one of the first generations to really use computers on a personal level.

Seems weird to me now that computers are relatively new and yet so pervasive. I used to write my college papers like this: 1. Handwrite the first draft or two. 2. Handwrite a polished draft. 3. Cut up and tape (literally) this draft into a revised draft. 4. Type up this new cut-up-and-taped-together revision. 5. Then cut-up and tape this typed draft into some final shape. 6. Then type up this draft. If I was lucky and didn't make too many mistakes, I could turn this one in. If I made a lot of mistakes and it started to look messy, I'd have to retype it.

And of course, none of this was "saved" anywhere, so if I lost the draft between home and class before making a photocopy, it was start all over and hope I'd saved those cut-up pages.

A real pain.

I only started using computers a couple of years ago. Now you have to use them. I wish I didn't.

Lurker · 04.20.2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

i still don't have a myspace or a facebook, or a livejournal, and i don't intend on getting one!

DON'T! It will destroy your life! I have facebook, wish I didn't, used to have myspace, deleted that though. Facebook is going soon.

screamingskull · 04.20.2008, 01:05 PM

a friend of mine created a myspace for me a few years ago, i didn't ask, she just did it. when she gave me the user name and password for the account i deleted it straight away.

It's so sad, i'd rather be listening to a cassette tape player than sitting updating my facebook. (i am using symbolism here). Thats one of the reasons i loved the old SY gossip board, it was so lo-fi!!!

Lurker · 04.20.2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

a friend of mine created a myspace for me a few years ago, i didn't ask, she just did it. when she gave me the user name and password for the account i deleted it straight away.

It's so sad, i'd rather be listening to a cassette tape player than sitting updating my facebook. (i am using symbolism here).

Agreed. I don't have anything on mine really, just use it to communicate.

Bring back cassettes.

gmku · 04.20.2008, 01:18 PM

I never gave them up. (Cassettes.) I record almost every LP I buy to save wear on the LP and the stylus. When I travel, I still take my Sony Walkman cassette player that I purchased in the 80s. Nothing's ever gone wrong with it. I clean the heads occassionally and it sounds great.

screamingskull · 04.20.2008, 01:21 PM

I had a tape player in year 7 (6th Grade) then portable CD players came in and i got one of those, the only problem was that if they weren't completely flat then they wouldn't play! and they would skip ALL THE TIME

really, cassette tape players are great and retro and kool, but i would choose my ipod over one any day of the week.

gmku · 04.20.2008, 01:22 PM

I can't get into the downloading/file transfer thing with iPods. I dislike that process for some reason. Otherwise I'd like mine more. I pretty much just download stuff on it for my wife to use these days.

screamingskull · 04.20.2008, 01:26 PM

I don't really download anything, i still buy records and CDs all the time, this week alone i bought over 10 CDs (although that is unusually high for me). I will ask friends and people on here for albums, and they will give me links for them on yousendit or something, but i never go searching for an album on the internet myself. I wouldn't know where to start!

On that note - a massive thank you to Sonic Youth 37 for all the wonderful music he has give to me.

Everyneurotic · 04.20.2008, 01:34 PM

since nobody has used it, i'll do it:

i belong to the blank generation and i can take it or leave it each time.

screamingskull · 04.20.2008, 01:35 PM

someone has done that

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Originally Posted by gmku

I might be tempted to adopt the term "Blank Generation" for myself and the cultural experiences I shared with my peers.

gmku · 04.20.2008, 01:38 PM

Blank Generation. Generation Jones. Very similar, very appropriate.

Generation Jones makes me think of Dylan's Mr. Jones. "Something is happening here but you don't know what it is..." I would say that aptly sums up the 70s for me and my friends.

Everyneurotic · 04.20.2008, 01:38 PM

oooh right.

gmku: that's more like a journalist term, to describe any punk album/band/show/etc.

Phlegmscope · 04.20.2008, 02:04 PM

I guess I'd belong to somewhere there in MTV -gen, Nintendo -gen and internet gen (I've never even paid a bill physically at the bank...).
I've even heard a term MeWe -gen used to describe "my generation".

To me it all sounds a bit rubbish.

pbradley · 04.20.2008, 02:29 PM

I guess I fall into early Gen Y, being born in 1985. I remember the '89-90's New Year. I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, and the Ghostbusters movies. I remember a time before the internet and cell phones. However I don't understand a lot of the desire for subculture that a lot of later Gen Yers have. I had fucking nu-metal and pseudo-pop-punk in high school so I was estranged from my peers on that level.

MellySingsDoom · 04.20.2008, 02:31 PM

I'm Generation X myself, or as I like to say, The Generation That Doesn't Give A Crap About Being Young Anymore.

screamingskull - Your 1985 pic is fairly accurate, but there's a shocking lack of mullets on display.

davenotdead · 04.20.2008, 02:40 PM

born in 85... tho i like the internet 100x better than MTV right now... of course... i can understand what "MTV Generation" stands for. now i'm just trying to find a way to exploit it for money and have fun doing it.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.20.2008, 02:57 PM

Gen Y, I suppose.

View Poll Results: what generation do you belong to?
The Baby Boomers (1946 - 1964)	1	2.13%
Generation X (1965 - 1981)	9	19.15%
The MTV Generation (1975 - 1985)	11	23.40%
Generation Y (1980 - 1994)	26	55.32%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll

04.20.2008, 12:51 PM	#21
pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	the term Gen Y i find so annoying, especially the first time i saw it being used to describe my age group, and i am in the same boat in saying i feel more culturally connected to Gen X then Y, and more connected to people older then me then my own age I remember those old green screen computers, some IBM model was the first i remember using, the Myspace Generation (Patent Pending) has no idea how sparse it used to be
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04.20.2008, 12:58 PM	#22
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Yeah, myspace generating will definitely be one.
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04.20.2008, 12:59 PM	#23
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i still don't have a myspace or a facebook, or a livejournal, and i don't intend on getting one!
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04.20.2008, 01:05 PM	#26
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	a friend of mine created a myspace for me a few years ago, i didn't ask, she just did it. when she gave me the user name and password for the account i deleted it straight away. It's so sad, i'd rather be listening to a cassette tape player than sitting updating my facebook. (i am using symbolism here). Thats one of the reasons i loved the old SY gossip board, it was so lo-fi!!!
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04.20.2008, 01:18 PM	#28
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I never gave them up. (Cassettes.) I record almost every LP I buy to save wear on the LP and the stylus. When I travel, I still take my Sony Walkman cassette player that I purchased in the 80s. Nothing's ever gone wrong with it. I clean the heads occassionally and it sounds great. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.20.2008, 01:21 PM	#29
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I had a tape player in year 7 (6th Grade) then portable CD players came in and i got one of those, the only problem was that if they weren't completely flat then they wouldn't play! and they would skip ALL THE TIME really, cassette tape players are great and retro and kool, but i would choose my ipod over one any day of the week.
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04.20.2008, 01:22 PM	#30
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I can't get into the downloading/file transfer thing with iPods. I dislike that process for some reason. Otherwise I'd like mine more. I pretty much just download stuff on it for my wife to use these days. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.20.2008, 01:26 PM	#31
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I don't really download anything, i still buy records and CDs all the time, this week alone i bought over 10 CDs (although that is unusually high for me). I will ask friends and people on here for albums, and they will give me links for them on yousendit or something, but i never go searching for an album on the internet myself. I wouldn't know where to start! On that note - a massive thank you to Sonic Youth 37 for all the wonderful music he has give to me.
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04.20.2008, 01:34 PM	#32
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	since nobody has used it, i'll do it: i belong to the blank generation and i can take it or leave it each time. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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04.20.2008, 01:38 PM	#34
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Blank Generation. Generation Jones. Very similar, very appropriate. Generation Jones makes me think of Dylan's Mr. Jones. "Something is happening here but you don't know what it is..." I would say that aptly sums up the 70s for me and my friends. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.20.2008, 02:04 PM	#36
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	I guess I'd belong to somewhere there in MTV -gen, Nintendo -gen and internet gen (I've never even paid a bill physically at the bank...). I've even heard a term MeWe -gen used to describe "my generation". To me it all sounds a bit rubbish.
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04.20.2008, 02:29 PM	#37
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I guess I fall into early Gen Y, being born in 1985. I remember the '89-90's New Year. I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, and the Ghostbusters movies. I remember a time before the internet and cell phones. However I don't understand a lot of the desire for subculture that a lot of later Gen Yers have. I had fucking nu-metal and pseudo-pop-punk in high school so I was estranged from my peers on that level.
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04.20.2008, 02:31 PM	#38
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	I'm Generation X myself, or as I like to say, The Generation That Doesn't Give A Crap About Being Young Anymore. screamingskull - Your 1985 pic is fairly accurate, but there's a shocking lack of mullets on display. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.20.2008, 02:40 PM	#39
davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	born in 85... tho i like the internet 100x better than MTV right now... of course... i can understand what "MTV Generation" stands for. now i'm just trying to find a way to exploit it for money and have fun doing it. __________________
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04.20.2008, 02:57 PM	#40
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Gen Y, I suppose. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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